I think we will prevail and triumph.
I think vindication will be very nearly complete.
I think we will find things in Iraq that may put chirac out of any serious role and cloak him in shame.
But this is war, and it is no ballet.
It will be ugly and brutish, no matter how carefully we fight. Those who hate America will find everything they want in this to continue hating us.
But the alternative to fighting this is to wake up one day and find saddam sitting astride the world's oil supplies and telling us what to do to avoid nuclear war.
The early fight on our terms against a monster like saddam is the best fight.
Those who use socratic corss-ex methods to synthesize a framework excusing Iraq should be ashamed of themselves.
Ed